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Sunday, February 12, 2017

We refuse a society where government monitors even inside our mind〜340 gather for an event to never allow espionage act through Diet

Some 340 people listened to
lawyers, lawmakers and other speakers including former justice minister HIRAOKA
Hideo and leaders of four political parties who warned about the espionage act,
which is feared to make conspiring a crime, at the event held on Jan. 20. “We
should not let the Abe government pass this dangerous legislation,” they said.
“We must fight hard against it.”

Lawyer KAITO Yuichi (see photo)
called this bill, “Public Peace Preservation Law of the Heisei Era,” and spoke of the
risks it imposes on us.

“The criminal law is supposed to
punish those who have already committed a crime. That’s the principle of the
law,” Kaito said. “However, this bill is set to penalize anyone who even
attempts to commit a crime. It also subjects nearly 600 acts as punishable
offenses. This poses a grave concern. If the government is worried about
terrorist attacks, Sarin-gas attacks or hijacks, it can do away with them under
the current law, which is already sufficient.” What is especially dangerous is
that the police are going to monitor daily conversations or email exchanges
among the citizens in order to detect any crime attempts. With this, we will be
deprived of our liberty and freedom, and we will end up being monitored inside
our minds. (By M)